This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1890. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

Belgium

• Congo Free State – Camille Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1886–1891)

France

• French Somaliland – Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
• Riviéres du Sud – Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)

Portugal

• Angola – Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1886–1892)

United Kingdom

• British Virgin Islands – Edward John Cameron, Administrator of the British Virgin Islands (1887–1894)
• Falkland Islands – Thomas Kerr, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1887–1891)
• Malta Colony – Henry Augustus Smyth, Governor of Malta (1890–1893)
• New South Wales – Charles Wynn-Carington, Lord Lincolnshire, Governor of New South Wales (1885–1890)
• Queensland – Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Queensland (1889–1895)
• Tasmania – Robert Hamilton, Governor of Tasmania (1887–1892)
• South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, Lord Kintore, Governor of South Australia (1889–1895)
• Victoria – John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria (1889–1895)
• Western Australia
  1. Sir Frederick Broome, Governor of Western Australia (1883–1890)
  2. Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia (1890–1895)